What's a Guy to Do When He
Is Attacked by a Six-Point Buck?

MANISTEE, Mich. -- Five weeks ago, David Gutowski, a self-employed painter in this little town, killed a six-point buck with his bare hands and a brown leather belt.

After strangling the white-tailed deer, Mr. Gutowski gutted it and hung it in his garage to skin it. Then a state conservation officer came to confiscate the animal. She explained that Michigan has seasons for killing deer legally with guns or bows-and-arrows. There is no...